Science Feb 20 How the Nazi’s defense of ‘just following orders’ plays out in the mind Stanley Milgram’s famous electric-shock experiments tackled whether a person could be coerced into behaving heinously, but new research released Thursday offers one explanation as to why. Turns out, people actually feel disconnected from their actions when they comply with orders,…
Arts Feb 19 Harper Lee, author of American classic ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ dead at 89 Pulitzer Prize winning author Harper Lee died Friday at the age of 89. Lee wrote the beloved 1960 novel "To Kill a Mockingbird."…
Nation Feb 17 CJ the German shorthaired pointer wins Best in Show at Westminster A German shorthaired pointer named CJ was appointed top dog Tuesday night at the nation’s most prestigious dog competition.
Health Feb 15 Viagra Rx would require wives’ consent in proposed Kentucky bill A Kentucky legislator has introduced a bill that would require men to get signed permission from their spouses and visit a doctor twice before they could receive drugs for erectile dysfunction.
Science Feb 15 How many people does it take to keep a conspiracy alive? The Apollo 11 moon landing was one giant leap for mankind, but a string of conspiracy theories have since tried to ground the 1969 spaceflight as a staged production on a Hollywood backlot. The false claims range loud enough that…
Nation Feb 01 Justice Department opens probe into San Francisco’s police practices Federal investigators opened a probe into the fatal police shooting of Mario Woods, a black man, in San Francisco, the Justice Department announced Monday.
Arts Feb 01 ‘The Oregon Trail’ could have used a Native American viewpoint, co-creator says One of the three co-creators of “The Oregon Trail,” took to Reddit on Monday to field questions on the video game, which introduced scores of school children to the trials and tribulations of pioneer life in America, including bouts with…
Nation Jan 28 Brick by brick, Lego diversifies its toys with a minifigure in a wheelchair Lego unveiled its first-ever minifigure in a wheelchair, which first appeared at international toy fairs this week.
Nation Jan 28 President Reagan’s speech to a nation reeling after Challenger disaster Thirty years ago, the nation witnessed one of NASA's most public failures when the space shuttle Challenger broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean 73 seconds into launch. It left President Ronald Reagan with the sizable duty of consoling the nation…
Nation Jan 27 Ferguson, Justice Department reach agreement on overhaul of policing practices The City of Ferguson, Missouri, announced on Wednesday a proposed deal with the Justice Department on sweeping changes to its policing protocols, 16 months after the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a white officer.